Potholes and Road Apples

The eyes of the bicycle racing world will turn to Sacramento on Saturday for the starting prologue of the Amgen Tour of California. The race features Lance Armstrong’s return to racing in the U.S., 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre and a line-up of other cycling starts. It was also billed as being the return […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis is back in the spotlight this week - a week before his two-year ban from professional bicycle racing is due to end.
An illustration of Landis is on the cover of Velonews which hit newstands and mailboxes on Thursday (and not yet available on their website.) An article about his return […]

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A year-and-a-half ago, Floyd Landis came home to Lancaster County and held a fund-raising ride for his legal defense fund. About 100 people paid for the privilege of riding with the 2006 Tour de France winner.
This month, supporters will again have the opportunity to ride with the Farmersville native. And this time, it won’t cost […]

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The Allentown Morning Call published this short Q & A with professional cyclists Bobby Lea on Christmas Eve. Lea lives inTopton, near the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown. He will ride with Lancaster county native Floyd Landis on the OUCH presented by Maxxis team in the coming year. Lea, who has raced frequently in Lancaster […]

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Two weeks after the end of his two-year ban on competing in professional cycling, Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will return to racing.
On Valentine’s Day, Landis will be at the start line of the Amgen Tour of California as leader of the new OUCH presented by Maxxis team, Cyclingnews announced this week.
Brent Kay, Landis’s personal doctor and […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis’ return to professional cycling was officially announced Thursday, according to Cyclingnews.com.
Landis, 33, a Farmersville native and Conestoga Valley High School graduate, will return from a two-year ban in 2009 to race for the newly formed OUCH presented by Maxxis team.
OUCH, under the sponsorship of OUCH Sports Medical Center, will be […]

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A widely circulated Associated Press report this morning quoted an official with Momentum Sports Group, owner of the Health Net-Maxxis domestic professional team, confirming the company is negotiating with Lancaster County native Floyd Landis for his return to cycling.
Team director Mike Tamayo, speaking at the Tour of Missouri race Wednesday, confirmed the talks.
“We are in negotiations with […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will be returning to professional cycling in January with the domestic Health Net-Maxxis team, Cyclingnews.com reported this morning.
Landis, 32, will be coming off a two-year suspension from the sport. The ban followed a positive doping test from the 2006 Tour de France which Landis won. The unconfirmed report comes at […]

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The international Court of Arbitration for Sport today upheld Lancaster County native Floyd Landis’ suspension on charges that he doped to win the 2006 Tour de France.
Landis, of Farmersville, is the first winner to be stripped of his title in the 105-year-history of the race.
The ruling ends a two-year legal saga that began three days […]

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The ruling on whether Lancaster County native Floyd Landis can reclaim his 2006 Tour de France title is expected to be handled down from the Court of Arbitration for Sport early Monday, the Associated Press reported this afternoon.
Landis was stripped of his title last year after a U.S. arbitration panel ruled there was evidence Landis […]

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